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Win Win (2011)

Win Win poster
Directed by
Tom McCarthy
Genre
comedy drama, sport film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 562 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A struggling small-town lawyer volunteers as a high school wrestling coach. When he takes on guardianship of an elderly client, he finds his life tangled with the client's teenage grandson.

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What happens

Win Win is a 2011 American sports comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Tom McCarthy from a story by McCarthy and Joe Tiboni. It stars Paul Giamatti as a struggling attorney who, volunteering as a high-school wrestling coach, takes on the guardianship of an elderly client in a desperate attempt to keep his practice afloat. Alex Shaffer, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, and Jeffrey Tambor appear in supporting roles. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2011, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 18, 2011, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It grossed over $11.8 million worldwide against a $5 million budget, and received positive reviews from critics, who mostly praised McCarthy's screenplay and the performances of the cast. It was named one of the top 10 independent films of 2011 by the National Board of Review, while McCarthy and Tiboni were nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 17th Critics' Choice Awards and for Best Screenplay at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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